Goose Girl - Shannon Hale

Loosely based on the Grimm's Fairy Tales, Goose Girl tells the tale of the young Princess Anidori-Kiladra Talianna Isillee, who is sent to another country to fulfill a marriage contract. On the way her lady-in-waiting, Selia, makes a move to kill her and take her place as the queen. Princess Anidori escapes, and while she tries to figure out how to show Selia's deception she uses the skill she has of talking with birds to work with the King's own geese.

On the Four Star Scale

Sap Factor (* ) - Anidori is betrayed by both her mother and her "best" friend Selina. Also a bit lovely dovey.

Naughty Bits () - This book is for 4th-6th graders. It is all on the up, up.

Readability (****) - 400 pages but they go fast. I finished in an afternoon.

Final notes - All the ladies in my ward were reading this book so I figured well why not. It's cute and fun and goes by fast. It would be a great book to own to read to your kids.